I like Olbermann. I prefer Paine... Paine talking to Lord Howe... this seems relevant to our current situation, but I can't put my finger on it...
George Bush ran this country like he did all his previous ventures - stright into the ground. The gross mismangment, poor decision making, and nepetism is more akin to a corrupt labor union. I mean, even a crime syndicate is run with more tact. I'm utterly disgusted by this admistration. He's brought shame onto America and made us the laughing stocks of the world. No man has done more to destroy and bring the downfall of this country. No one. Bin Laden must be laughing where-ever he is. He played Bush as if bush was a deperate ugly chick.
new yorker, i think the downfall of this country started a long time ago. This admin certainly hasnt helped, though and i agree with that.
I think before there was a sense that the wheels were beginning to turn. Domestic issues such as education and health care reform were being discussed and pushed. No one talks about No Child Left behind ya know. I think that says a lot about his lack of vision. I mean, Bush Sr compared to Bush Jr? Is there any doubt about which one we'd rather have by a 50-1 margin?
nothing in particular. I just think its a trend of the mindsets of people in general. Everything from people being more selfish, whinny, non-compromising, lack of soem common sense, lack of true perspective, etc etc
Sounds to me like one more in an exhaustive series of attempts to let Bush off the hook. I swear to god Bush could start shooting nuns in the face and Donkey would say, "Oh sure, like that's all his fault..." And then he'd annoyingly throw in a few of these...
no...actually it doesnt. maybe in your view, but not its strict definition. believe it or not...the world doesnt revolve around bush. and just in case you missed it...i agreed that the admin has not been good. Im just not a going to be like most lefty's and b!tch and moan about it on a daily basis like a little girl.
Believe it or not, Bush is the one person in the world right now that can stop the war in Iraq and bring the troops home so they will stop dying in vain. Believe it or not, Bush was the one person in the world with the power to defy a jury and forgive a former staffer's crimes even though he was so tough on non-friends as to mock people whose executions he presided over. Believe it or not, Bush was the only person in the world that authorized illegal wiretapping and torture, asserted unprecedented secrecy in the WH, vetoed stem cell research, tilted the court such that it would basically reverse Brown v. Board of Ed and personally alienated the majority of our allies. The fact that you refer to criticism of any sort as b****ing and moaning like a little girl tells me all I need to know about you. The fact that you, like nearly half of Republicans at this point, think that admin "has not been good" doesn't mean you don't seek to downplay the seriousness of it's f*ckups on a more than daily basis here. Like most Bush apologists you have finally been forced to acknowledge that he "has not been good." That doesn't make you less of an apologist. It just means you're not totally batsh*t crazy like Jorge or basso.
J'accuse Monsieur Rimbaud! I was once told about architects "Good ones borrow, great ones steal.." I guess the same thing applies to political commentators.
This was brought up in another thread. While things are getting worse in some respects they are better. As for non-compromising we're not remotely close to the polarization of the Civil War and anyways these days it seems like people are starting to agree more and more politically. They're agreeing that GW Bush is a terrible president. He's looking more like the uniter he claimed to be.
Olbermann's walter cronkite wannabe schtick really gets annoying after a while but whatever... he gets the point across.
you are right. But on average, you dont think the left leaners tend to be more prone to that? lol. that is funny. Who knows, maybe in 100 years people will say, "thank god for GW, after him people actually came together for once" well you lumped me into a particular group a long time ago...its easy the easy way out. So no matter what i do or say you will think of me as a republican, despite many liberal views and despite me not voting for bush, despite me not even liking the 2 party system, etc. I dont need to apologize for anyone, however bush will be gone soon and there will still be problems. So, given that, i'd rather stick to the problems. We are where we are and sunk costs should never come into play when making forward looking decisions.
